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The Telegraph has a series of photos featuring the faces of divers, mid-flight.
Divers’ faces during the FINA Diving World Cup at the London 2012 Aquatics Centre
At the same time you can check form and body position, not nearly as good as it looks at normal speed.
Thanks Steve Long.
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http://www.gymnastike.org/embed/Nzk2NjEwNjk3?related=1
Watch more video of Workout Wednesday, Season 5 on gymnastike.org
This week’s gymnastics workout video features the team who won seven gold medals at last year’s JO Nationals, Brown’s Gymnastics of Las Vegas.
Just a few days after this workout was filmed, senior Randii Wyrick achieved her goal of qualifying to the 2012 Nastia Liukin Cup with an amazing all around score of 38.60. Wyrick is the reigning JO National Champion on vault and has signed to compete for LSU next season. Elizabeth Gangale is the reigning JO National All Around and Vault champion for the junior B division, making incredible strides to go from last to first place at Nationals in one year!
… coach Terry Gray.
The difference between making history … and being history.
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Thanks Brett.
Ceiling Stand = using banister for support, raise legs into the air and place both feet on the ceiling. Lock into position, keeping body vertical.
That’s just one of the classic moves on House Gymnastics. 🙂
(via Rec Gymnastics)
I hadn’t realized that a Gymnastics team had started this awareness campaign. Nice.
All about the Power of Pink!
From humble beginnings as one meet in Tuscaloosa in 2005 to a part of our culture in almost every sport in 2012.
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http://www.gymnastike.org/embed/MzIzNjA3Mjk5?related=1
Watch more video of Alabama vs Arkansas 2012 The Power of Pink Meet on gymnastike.org
Colin Christ:
After winning PH both days at 2012 Winter Cup we decided to add more difficulty. In this routine he added the side travel (D) in place of a B travel.
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Note former Head Coach Barry Weiner in the background. Now retired, he still comes in to the gym as a volunteer.
Two time Russian Olympic gymnastics champion, Maria Filatova, now age 50, is battling to regain her official Russian passport/citizenship status, so she can travel outside of the United States and return to her home town and home country. …
She currently lives and owns a gym in Rochester, New York and has applied unsuccessfully for a new Russian passport a number of times. Her application has always been rejected with the stated reason being “lack of merit.” There are many things that one might say about Maria Filatova, but none of them could ever involve her displaying a lack of merit. …
Leave a comment on that post if you have any special insight into the Russian passport process.
Maria Filatova … (born July 19, 1961, Leninsk-Kuznetsky, Siberia) is a retired Soviet gymnast who competed at the 1976 and 1980 Olympics.
… She was one of the first female gymnasts to successfully compete a double back somersault on floor in 1975. …
In fact, a new profile by Elizabeth Booth and Vladimir Zaglada credits Maria as one of the greatest innovators all-time, though many of these firsts were seen only in the former Soviet Union.
Maria Filatova’s innovations:
Vault Tsukuhara with full twist (1976 USSR Nationals EF)
Uneven Bars From giant circle, cross hands half turn into straddle
forward somersault to hang on high barBeam Flic-flac layout/two layouts in a row
Beam dismount Flic-flac x 2 (2 feet) – double twist/double back/double pike
Floor Round off-flic flac – double back/double pike/full-in back out (the first on the Soviet team)
… Many people believe that Maria merited all around gold at her final competition, the 1981 World Championships. Having ‘set the table’ for the Soviet team, her qualification scores did not give her the same bonus as her rivals. I prefer, though, to think of Filatova the way she is described in the Russian Gymnastics Hall of Fame : ‘the strongest gymnast of the 1970s’. …
read more on Rewriting Russian Gymnastics – Maria Filatova: Russian Sparrow Made in the USSR
Hers is a fascinating story. A tiny girl from remote Siberia joining the ranks of Tourischeva, Kim, Saadi and Korbut.
Click PLAY or watch her Floor routine 1980 on YouTube.
What are John Macready and John Roethlisberger up to now?
Mudder Fest is one of the few mud runs that has a permanent home, which gives the makers the freedom to create an outstanding course with unique obstacles built into the terrain.
Mountains of hay bails, quad-burning hills and vertical climbs will require some teamwork, perseverance and maybe a little stupidity to make it through. Our “DJ corners” will keep the beat pumpin’ throughout the course and add a little extra inspiration for those who need it. Every step will be different and every jump a surprise …
details – mudderfest.com
These mud races are big right now. Johns had Shawn Johnson wallowing in mud last year. 🙂
Dave Adlard is organizing one in Idaho, as well.
Kudos to Roethlisberger for the great job he did hosting IG Radio today. (Orozco, Mauro, Peszek, Zmeskal, …)
I’m still shocked that FIG approved gymnastics apparatus can fall when just one thing goes wrong?
Why are we still using equipment designed with “single point of failure”? 😦
Vince Smurro was lucky this time.
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The best gymnastics photo shoot since Alphabet Photography.
Brigham Young University’s Dave Broberg (somehow) comes up with the idea of splashing water on the gymnasts to put together their annual poster.
See more photos from that shoot.
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It includes some funny misfires.
